William Craig (philosopher)

William Craig
William Craig, UC Berkeley Logic Group picnic 1977.
Born	(1918-11-13)November 13, 1918 Nuremberg, German Empire
Died	January 13, 2016(2016-01-13) (aged 97) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Philosopher, academic

William Craig (November 13, 1918^[1] – January 13, 2016) was an American academic and philosopher, who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, California. His research interests included mathematical logic, and the philosophy of science,^[2] and he is best known for the Craig interpolation theorem.

Biography

William Craig was born in Nuremberg, Weimar Republic, on November 13, 1918. He graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in 1951. He married Julia Rebecca Dwight Wilson and had four children: Ruth, Walter, Sarah, and Deborah. In 1959 he moved to UC Berkeley. He died on January 13, 2016, at the age of 97.

Achievements

Craig is particularly remembered in two theorems that bear his name:

• the Craig interpolation theorem, and
• Craig's theorem, also known as Craig's axiomatization theorem or Craig's reaxiomatization theorem.

See also

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers

References

External links

• Official Berkeley page
• A conference in honor of William Craig
• Some Publications DBLP
• William Craig at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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